BRUNO v. METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DIST.

No. S-13-212.

844 N.W.2d 50 (2014)

287 Neb. 551

Jason M. BRUNO, appellant v. METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT et al., appellees, and Northern Natural Gas Company, intervenor-appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed February 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Sherrets , Robert S. Sherrets , and Diana J. Vogt , of Sherrets, Bruno & Vogt, L.L.C., for appellant.

Ronald E. Bucher for appellees Metropolitan Utilities District et al.

Gregory C. Scaglione and Minja Herian , of Koley Jessen, P.C., L.L.O., and Greg Porter and James R. Talcott for intervenor-appellee Northern Natural Gas Company.

Heavican, C.J., Wright, Connolly, Stephan, McCormack, and Cassel, JJ.


Stephan, J.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether Nebraska law requires a metropolitan utilities district to seek competitive bids before entering into a contract with another entity to provide interstate natural gas transportation services. The district court for Douglas County determined that there was no such requirement. We agree, and therefore affirm.

BACKGROUND

Metropolitan Utilities District (M.U.D.) is a political subdivision which...

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